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1
The ____ gave full voting rights to women.
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
NAACP
speakeasies
2
What does it mean when something is the "bee's knees"?
It will sting you.
It's challenging.
It is bright.
It is good.
3
Which of the following groups of people was NOT a target of the Ku Klux Klan?
Asian Immigrants
Christian Fundamentalists
European Jews
Roman Catholics
4
The Harlem Renaissance refers to
a program to promote African-American owned businesses
a celebration of African American culture
a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s
5
During the 1920s, black musicians invented a new type of music called
Jazz
Classic
Folk
Rock
6
To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as
tenements
penthouses
speakeasies
tea rooms
7
African American jazz artists were allowed to play in clubs, but there weren't allowed to...
Speak
Drink
Sing
Watch
8
The ___________________________ was an emergence of black culture and heritage in the 1920s.
Brooklyn Revival
New York War
Manhattan Movement
Harlem Renaissance
9
“The Red Scare”showed how our nation's government feared
Zionism
Idealism
Communism
Anarchism
10
This was the creating that helped companies create their products faster
unions
general motors
Assembly line
puzzle piece machine
11
This illness killed millions at the beginning of the 1920s
Small Pox
Chicken Pox
Influenza (the flu)
The Plague
12
Prohibition was made law with what act?
Espionage act
Immigration act
Volstead act
Sedition act
13
Which sport was commonly listened to over the radio in the 1920s?
golf
baseball
football
tennis
14
Women who wore short skirts, short hair, and bold makeup were called
Party Girls
Showgirls
Sassies
Flappers
15
The 1920s were widely considered a time of :
failure
depression
craziness
prosperity
16
This man's company created this assembly line
Charlie Chaplin
Henry Ford
Karl Benz
Walter Chrysler
17
People began using ____________ to buy new items.
cash
checks
gold coins
credit
18
The Roaring Twenties happened immediately after which war?
World War I
Revolutionary War
World War II
Civil War
19
The Tennessee trial of John T. Scopes in 1925 illustrated a conflict concerning
Due process of law
Freedom of the press
Free competition in the marketplace
Religious beliefs and scientific theories
20
Women began to compete for their right to
Smoke
Dance
Work
Vote
21
Who wrote “A Dream Deferred” about having African and American heritage?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
22
Participants in the Harlem Renaissance encouraged black Americans to
Take violent action against the government
Take pride in their culture
Demand political supremacy
Leave the South and come to the North
23
What popular invention was used by millions of families during the 1920s?
The Radio
The Ice box
The television
Pogo sticks
24
You need to "dry up"! means....
take a shower
shut up
get sober
be happy
25
Flappers were called flappers because
their hair was long and flowed up and down their backs
their pantyhose flapped down around their ankles
their triceps were weak and flapped about as they danced
their bugle beads flipped up and down as they danced